> That said, some amount of state clearly exists, with the service state > being the most obvious example. We do intend for that to communicate > information about the state of the link or interface. I think this > is why this is such a difficult question! The repository is serving > many different purposes here, and it's hard to fit all the pieces > together.
Agreed. > I think the enhanced smf profiles project[1] might offer us a more > suitable model. It introduces precedence levels, which allow changes > to be layered on top of each other, allowing overrides of properties > without destroying the underlying settings. In particular, there will > be a system-override precedence level, designed specifically for the > purpose of publishing status. Data at this level is intentionally > non-persistent. We need to do more investigation, but I think this > might be a good way to model temporary links and interfaces. > > [1] http://opensolaris.org/os/project/smf-profiles/Design/ Yes, that seems promising. -- meem
